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# AST RESEARCH, INC.
SIXPACK PREMIUM
Card Type Memory/Multi I/O
Chipset/Controller Western Digital
I/O Options Game port, parallel port, serial ports (2)
Maximum DRAM 1024KB
IMG IMG 1
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| CONNECTIONS |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Purpose | Location | Purpose | Location |
|----------------------+----------+---------------+----------|
| Parallel port | CN1 | Serial port 2 | P2 |
|----------------------+----------+---------------+----------|
| Premium Pak | J1 | Game port | P3 |
| connector | | | |
|----------------------+----------+---------------+----------|
| Serial port 1 | J2 | | |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| FACTORY CONFIGURED SETTINGS |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Switch | Setting |
|-------------------------------+----------------------------|
| SW1/switch 5 | N/A |
|-------------------------------+----------------------------|
| SW1/switch 6 | N/A |
|-------------------------------+----------------------------|
| SW2/switch 5 | N/A |
|-------------------------------+----------------------------|
| SW2/switch 6 | N/A |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| SERIAL PORT CONFIGURATION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Port 1 (J2) | Port 2 (P2) | E3 | E4 | E5 |
|----------------+-------------+---------+---------+---------|
| » | COM1 | COM2 | Closed | Open | Closed |
|---+------------+-------------+---------+---------+---------|
| | COM2 | Disabled | Open | Closed | Open |
|---+------------+-------------+---------+---------+---------|
| | Disabled | COM2 | Open | Open | Closed |
|---+------------+-------------+---------+---------+---------|
| | Disabled | Disabled | Open | Open | Open |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| SERIAL PORT INTERRUPT SELECTION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Port 1 (J2) | Port 2 (P2) | E18 | E19 | E20 |
|---------------+-------------+----------+---------+---------|
| » | IRQ4 | IRQ3 | Closed | Open | Closed |
|-----+---------+-------------+----------+---------+---------|
| | IRQ3 | N/A | Open | Closed | Open |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| SERIAL PORT NORMAL/FORCED TRUE CONFIGURATION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Port 1 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 |
|-------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------|
|»| Normal | Open |Closed | Open |Closed | Open |Closed|
|-+-----------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------|
| |Forced True|Closed | Open |Closed | Open |Closed | Open |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| SERIAL PORT NORMAL/FORCED TRUE CONFIGURATION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Port 2 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 |
|-------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------|
|»| Normal | Open |Closed | Open |Closed | Open |Closed|
|-+-----------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+------|
| |Forced True|Closed | Open |Closed | Open |Closed | Open |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| PARALLEL PORT SETTINGS |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| LPT | E6 | E7 |
|------------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
| » | 1 | Closed | Open |
|---+--------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
| | 2 | Open | Closed |
|---+--------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
| | Disabled | Open | Open |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| PARALLEL PORT INTERRUPTS |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| IRQ7 | E17 |
|---------------------------------+--------------------------|
| » | Enabled | Closed |
|----+----------------------------+--------------------------|
| | Disabled | Open |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| GAME PORT CONFIGURATION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Game Port | E8 |
|----------------------------------+-------------------------|
| » | Enabled | Closed |
|----+-----------------------------+-------------------------|
| | Disabled | Open |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| CLOCK/CALENDAR CONFIGURATION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Clock/Calendar | E9 |
|-------------------------------------+----------------------|
| » | Enabled | On |
|-------+-----------------------------+----------------------|
| | Disabled | Off |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| DUAL PAGE MODE SELECTION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Dual Page Mode | SW1/switch 7 |
|-------------------------------+----------------------------|
| » | Enabled | On |
|----+--------------------------+----------------------------|
| | Disabled | Off |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| BASE I/O ADDRESS SETTINGS |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Address | SW2/1 | SW2/2 | SW2/3 | SW2/4 |
|----------------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
| » | 0218h | On | On | On | Off |
|---+------------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
| | 0208h | On | On | On | On |
|---+------------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
| | 0258h | On | Off | On | Off |
|---+------------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
| | 0268h | On | Off | Off | On |
|---+------------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
| | 02A8h | Off | On | Off | On |
|---+------------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
| | 02B8h | Off | On | Off | Off |
|---+------------+----------+----------+----------+----------|
| | 02E8h | Off | Off | Off | On |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| STARTING MEMORY ADDRESS SETTING |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Starting Memory | SW1/1 | SW1/2 | SW1/3 | SW1/4 |
| (Mainboard) | | | | |
|---------------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| » | 640KB | Off | On | Off | On |
|-------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| | 576KB | On | Off | Off | On |
|-------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| | 512KB | Off | Off | Off | On |
|-------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| | 448KB | On | On | On | Off |
|-------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| | 384KB | Off | On | On | Off |
|-------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| | 320KB | On | Off | On | Off |
|-------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| | 256KB | Off | Off | On | Off |
|-------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| | 192KB | On | On | Off | Off |
|-------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| | 128KB | Off | On | Off | Off |
|-------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| | 64KB | On | Off | Off | Off |
|-------+-------------+---------+---------+---------+--------|
| | 0KB | Off | Off | Off | Off |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Note:Setting the starting address to 256KB allocates all |
| SixPak Premium memory as expanded memory. |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
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| SIXPAK PREMIUM MEMORY SIZE SELECTION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Size | SW2/switch 7 | SW2/switch 8 |
|----------------------+------------------+------------------|
| » | Up to 512KB | On | Off |
|---+------------------+------------------+------------------|
| | Up to 640KB | Off | Off |
|---+------------------+------------------+------------------|
| | Up to 256KB | Off | On |
|---+------------------+------------------+------------------|
| | 0KB | On | On |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| DRAM CONFIGURATION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Size | Bank 0 | Bank 1 | Bank 2 | Bank 3 |
|--------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
| 256KB | (9) 41256 | None | None | None |
|--------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
| 512KB | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 | None | None |
|--------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
| 768KB | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 | None |
|--------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
| 1MB | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| PARITY CONFIGURATION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Parity | SW1/switch 8 |
|------------------------------+-----------------------------|
| » | Enabled | On |
|---+--------------------------+-----------------------------|
| | Disabled | Off |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
IMG IMG 2
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| CONNECTIONS |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Purpose | Location |
|-------------------------------+----------------------------|
| Premium Pak connector | J1 |
+------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------+
| PREMIUM PAK MEMORY CONFIGURATION |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Size | Bank 4 | Bank 5 | Bank 6 | Bank 7 |
|---------+------------+------------+------------+-----------|
| 1.25MB | (9) 41256 | None | None | None |
|---------+------------+------------+------------+-----------|
| 1.5MB | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 | None | None |
|---------+------------+------------+------------+-----------|
| 1.75MB | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 | None |
|---------+------------+------------+------------+-----------|
| 2MB | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 | (9) 41256 |
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